Previous Concerts (old format)
Musical Director: Anthony Burns-Cox
1981 | December | Handel | Messiah |
1982 | April | Dvořák | Mass in D |
June | Britten | St. Nicolas | |
December | Handel | Messiah | |
1983 | December | Bach | Christmas Oratorio |
1984 | June | Vivaldi | Gloria |
Mathias | Missa Brevis | ||
Mozart | Solemn Vespers | ||
Monteverdi | Beatus Vir | ||
December | Schutz | The Christmas Story | |
Charpentier | Messe de Minuit |
Musical Director: David Goddard
1985 | December | Handel | Messiah |
1986 | June | Mendelssohn | Elijah |
Musical Director: Jeffrey Williams
1986 | December | Haydn | The Creation |
1987 | June | Rossini | Petite Messe Solenelle |
December | Handel | Utrecht Te Deum | |
Handel | Jubilate | ||
Bach | Magnificat | ||
1988 | June | Britten | St. Nicolas |
Haydn | Nelson Mass | ||
December | Handel | Messiah | |
1989 | June | Janáček | The Lords Prayer |
Bernstein | Chichester Psalms | ||
Fauré | Requiem | ||
December | Bach | Christmas Oratorio | |
1990 | June | Mendelssohn | Elijah |
Musical Director: David Truslove
1991 | June | Handel | Zadok the Priest |
Burgon | Songs of the Creation | ||
Mozart | Coronation Mass | ||
Purcell | Come ye sons of Art | ||
December | Saint Saëns | Christmas Oratorio | |
Mendelssohn | Hear my Prayer | ||
Bach | Cantata 140 Wachet Auf | ||
Finzi | In terra pax | ||
1992 | June | Haydn | Insane et vanae curae |
Salieri | Te Deum | ||
Haydn | Mass in time of war | ||
December | Bach | Magnificat | |
Vivaldi | Dixit Dominus | ||
1993 | March | Fauré | Requiem |
Dyson | Hierusalem | ||
Fauré | Cantique de Jean Racine | ||
July | Parry | Blest pair of Sirens | |
Stanford | Songs of the fleet | ||
Vaughan Williams | Five Mystical Songs | ||
December | Handel | Messiah | |
1994 | February | Blake | Benedictus |
June | Mozart | Splendente Te Deus | |
Mozart | Requiem | ||
December | Finzi | Magnificat | |
Bush | In Praise of Mary | ||
Vivaldi | Gloria | ||
1995 | June | Handel | Coronation Anthems |
Handel | Laudate pueri Dominum | ||
July | Lambert | Rio Grande | |
Orff | Carmina Burana | ||
December | Tavener | Hymn to the Mother of God | |
Purcell | My heart is inditing | ||
Britten | St. Nicolas | ||
1996 | June | Fauré | Cantique de Jean Racine |
Vierne | Messe Solennelle | ||
Elgar | Great is the Lord | ||
Parry | Blest pair of Sirens | ||
July | Haydn | The Creation | |
December | Bruch | Gruss an die heilige Nacht (UK Premiere) | |
Mendelssohn | Hymn of Praise | ||
1997 | April | Brahms | Liebeslieder Waltzes |
Tippett | Five Negro Spirituals | ||
Ferguson | From Far and Lear (commissioned work) | ||
June | Holst | Two Psalms | |
Monteverdi | Beatus Vir | ||
Duruflé | Requiem | ||
December | Chapple | Magnificat | |
Schubert | Mass in B Flat | ||
1998 | April | des Prés, Gibbons, Waller, Berio | 'Animal Magic' selection |
June | Pergolesi | Magnificat | |
Haydn | Nelson Mass | ||
December | Bach | Christmas Oratorio | |
1999 | February | Rutter | Requiem |
Tavener | Song for Athene | ||
Fauré | Pavane | ||
Puccini | Requiem | ||
April | Britten | Jubilate Deo | |
Franck | Psalm 150 | ||
Vierne | Messe Solennelle | ||
Parry | I was Glad | ||
Rutter | Gloria | ||
July | Verdi | Requiem | |
December | Poulenc | Gloria | |
Mozart | Solemn Vespers | ||
2000 | February | Duruflé | Requiem |
April | Rutter, Vaughan Williams, Shearing | 'Brush up your Shakespeare' selection | |
July | Mendelssohn | Elijah | |
October | Mozart | Requiem | |
December | Handel | Messiah (Part1) | |
Handel | Foundling Hospital Anthem | ||
Vivaldi | Magnificat | ||
2001 | March | Britten | Rejoice in the Lamb |
Rossini | Petite Messe Solennelle | ||
July | Vaughan Williams | Five Mystical Songs | |
Brahms | Requiem | ||
December | Vaughan Williams | Dona nobis pacem | |
Puccini | Messa di Gloria | ||
2002 | March | Duruflé | Motets on plainsong melodies |
Finzi | Lo, the full final sacrifice | ||
Rutter | Requiem | ||
July | Elgar | The Dream of Gerontius | |
December | Finzi | Magnificat | |
Handel | Laudate Pueri Dominum | ||
Rutter | Magnificat | ||
2003 | March | Walton | Coronation Te Deum |
Britten | Dances from Gloriana | ||
July | CPE Bach | Magnificat | |
Mozart | Mass in C Minor | ||
December | Vaughan Williams | Hodie | |
Dvořák | Te Deum | ||
Vaughan Williams | Fantasia on Christmas Carols | ||
2004 | July | Bach | Mass in B minor |
November | Mozart | Ave Verum Corpus | |
Poulenc | Litanies à la Vierge Noire | ||
Handel | Nisi Dominus | ||
Mozart | Requiem | ||
2005 | March | Bairstow | Blessed City, heavenly Salem |
Elgar | Great is the Lord | ||
Wesley | Blessed be the God and Father | ||
Stanford | For lo, I Raise up | ||
Rheinberger | Mass in E flat | ||
July | Monteverdi | 1610 Vespers | |
November | Handel | Messiah | |
2006 | April | Bach | St Matthew Passion |
July | Gowers | Viri Galilaei | |
Parry | I was Glad | ||
Rutter | Gloria | ||
Walton | Coronation Te Deum | ||
November | Chilcott | Canticles of Light | |
Jenkins | Choral Suite from The Armed Man | ||
Mozart | Regina Coeli in C | ||
Rutter | Mass of the Children | ||
2007 | March | O'Regan | Dorchester Canticles |
Lauridsen | O nata lux | ||
Bernstein | Chichester Psalms | ||
Fauré | Requiem | ||
July | Bush | In praise of Mary | |
Handel | Dixit Dominus | ||
Vivaldi | Gloria | ||
November | Verdi | Requiem | |
2008 | March | Britten | Rejoice in the Lamb |
Finzi | Lo, the full final sacrifice | ||
Rutter | Birthday Madrigals | ||
July | Mendelssohn | Verleih uns Frieden | |
Vaughan Williams | Toward the Unknown Region | ||
Vaughan Williams | A Sea Symphony | ||
November | Rachmaninov | Vespers | |
2009 | March | Lauridsen | Lux Aeterna |
Rutter | Requiem | ||
Rorem | Sing, my soul, his wonderous love | ||
Whitacre | Water Night | ||
Copland | Ching-a-Ring-Chaw | ||
July | Handel | Israel in Egypt | |
November | Elgar | The Dream of Gerontius | |
2010 | March | Bach | St John Passion |
July | Todd | Mass in Blue | |
Rutter | Feel the Spirit | ||
Todd | Stay with me | ||
November | Jenkins | The Armed Man | |
Holst | The Hymn of Jesus | ||
Mozart | Kyrie in D minor | ||
Holst | The Planets | ||
2011 | March | Rachmaninov | Vespers |
May | Mahler | 8th Symphony | |
July | Britten | St. Nicolas | |
Mozart | Requiem | ||
November | Handel | Messiah |
Guest conductor: Jamie W. Hall
2012 | March | Duruflé | Requiem |
Finzi | Lo the full final Sacrifice | ||
Mendelssohn | Hear my prayer | ||
Fauré | Cantique de Jean Racine | ||
Wesley | Blessed be the God and Father | ||
July | Elgar | The Music Makers | |
Vaughan-Williams | Toward the Unknown Region | ||
Parry | Blest Pair of Sirens | ||
Parry | I was Glad |
Musical Director: David Truslove
2012 | November | Ireland | These things shall be |
Ireland | Greater love Hath no Man | ||
Brahms | Requiem |
Guest conductor: Jamie W. Hall
2013 | March | Britten | Jubilate |
Britten | Rejoice in the Lamb | ||
Britten | Hymn to the Virgin | ||
Britten | Dances from Glorina | ||
Pärt | The Beatitudes | ||
Shearing | Songs and Sonnets | ||
April | Britten | Jubilate | |
Britten | Rejoice in the Lamb | ||
Britten | Hymn to the Virgin | ||
Britten | Dances from Gloriana |
Guest conductors: Jamie W. Hall & Marcus Pashley
2013 | July | Vivaldi | Magnificat |
Vivaldi | Beatus Vir | ||
Vivaldi | Gloria | ||
Carissimi | Jephte |
Guest conductor: Howard Goodall CBE
2013 | November | Lauridsen | Sure on this shining night |
Lauridsen | Lux Aeterna | ||
Goodall | Eternal Light |
Musical Director: Jamie W. Hall
2014 | March | Biebl | Ave Maria |
Gorecki | Totus Tuus | ||
Grieg | Ave Maris Stella | ||
Hall | As I lay upon a Night | ||
Jackson | Salve Regina | ||
Larley | A Girl for the Blue | ||
Larley | Dormi Jesu | ||
Pärt | Stabat Mater | ||
Stanford | Magnificat Op. 164 | ||
Tavener | Annunciation | ||
July | Rossini | Petite Messe Solennelle | |
November | Van Gulick | Horses: A Gift to Mankind | |
Dyson | Agincourt | ||
Vaughan Williams | Dona Nobis Pacem | ||
November | Hewetson | The Birth of Christ | |
2015 | March | Morley | Funeral Music for Queen Mary - The first Dirge Anthem |
Poulenc | Timor et Tremor | ||
Purcell | Funeral Music for Queen Mary - The second Dirge Anthem | ||
Purcell | Thou knowest Lord, the secreats of our hearts | ||
Macmillan | O Radiant Dawn | ||
Morley | Funeral Music for Queen Mary - The third Dirge Anthem | ||
Bach | Komm, Jesu, Komm | ||
Charpentier | De Profundis | ||
Brahms | Geistliches Lied | ||
Victoria | Officium Defunctorum | ||
Nystedt | Immortal Bach | ||
July | Rutter | Gloria | |
Rutter | Feel the Spirit | ||
Tippett | Five Negro Spirituals | ||
November | Bach | B Minor Mass | |
2016 | March | Parry | Songs of Farewell |
Fauré | Requiem | ||
July | Elgar | Great is the Lord | |
Mathias | Lord Thou has been our dwelling place | ||
Rutter | Wells Jubilate | ||
Vaughan Williams | O Clap your Hands | ||
Walton | Coronation Te Deum | ||
Jongen | Mass Op. 130 | ||
November | Mozart | Mass in C Minor | |
Charpentier | Te Deum in D Major | ||
2017 | April | Copland | In the Beginning |
Whitacre | Animal Crackers | ||
Gjeilo | Unicornis Captivatur | ||
Horrowitz | Captain Noah and his Floating Zoo | ||
May | Haydn | Nelson Mass | |
July | Various | Opera Choruses | |
September | Various | Children's matinee featuring Horrowitz, Hall and Whitacre | |
November | Verdi | Requiem | |
2018 | July | Bach | Jesu Meine Freude |
Rachmaninov | Vespers (movements 4-6) | ||
Schütz | Jauchzet dem Herrn | ||
Rheinberger | Abendlied | ||
Guerrero | Ave Virgo Sanctissima | ||
Bruckner | Ave Maria | ||
Rossini | O Salutaris | ||
Palestrina | Tu Es Petrus | ||
Brahms | Geistliches Lied | ||
November | Vaughan Williams | Five Mystical Songs | |
Brahms | Requiem | ||
2019 | March | Beethoven | 9th Symphony |
April | Various | Works on a theme of birdsong |
Guest conductor: Tim Hooper
2019 | July | Mendelssohn | Elijah |
Musical Director: Richard Pearce
2019 | November | Bernstein | Chichester Psalms |
Lauridsen | O Nata Lux | ||
O'Regan | Dorchester Canticles | ||
Rutter | Requiem | ||
December | Handel | Messiah | |
2020 | All concerts cancelled due to Covid-19 | ||
2021 | March | Concert cancelled due to Covid-19 | |
July | Purcell | I was glad | |
Fauré | Cantique de Jean Racine | ||
Mendelssohn | Verleih uns Frieden | ||
Mozart | Ave verum corpus | ||
Bruckner | Locus iste | ||
Allegri | Miserere | ||
Monteverdi | Beatus Vir | ||
Lotti | Crucifixus | ||
Palestrina | Exsultate Deo | ||
Poulenc | Salve Regina | ||
Franck | Panis angelicus | ||
Rachmaninov | Bogoroditsye Dyevo | ||
Grieg | Ave maris stella | ||
Parry | I was glad | ||
November | Pergolesi | Magnificat | |
Vaughan Williams | A Serenade to Music | ||
Beethoven | Elegischer Gesang | ||
Schubert | Mass in G | ||
2022 | March | Handel | My Heart is Inditing (movements 1-4) |
Gibbons | This is the record of John | ||
O Clap your Hands Together | |||
Stanford | Justorum Animae | ||
Coelos Ascendit Hodie | |||
Beati Quorum Via | |||
Wheeler | Beati Quorum Via (Homage to Stanford) | ||
Macmillan | A New Song | ||
Vaughan Williams | O clap your Hands | ||
Howells | Like as the Hart | ||
Byrd | Ave Verum Corpus | ||
Williams | Ave Verum Corpus Re-Imagined | ||
Mathias | Let the People Praise Thee, O God | ||
July | Elgar | Dream of Gerontius |
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